A group of York students has won the opportunity to have their very own I-phone application developed after winning The App Challenge final, held at the Ron Cooke Hub on Wednesday, January 18.
YUSU Welfare officer Bob Hughes has warned students to be vigilant after a student loans phishing scam has been revealed.
Her Majesty the Queen will be visiting York on Maundy Thursday, 5th April, as part of the 800th anniversary of York’s Charter for the traditional “Royal Maundy” ceremony.
A flood caused by a heating system “failure” forced the university IT services to shut down many essential systems on Sunday night, causing problems for many students on the eve of their exams and assignment due-dates.
At least one of Vision's articles in Tuesday's edition breached the charter. Vision Co-Editor Joe Burnham described the offending articles as "contentious".
Following the printing and distribution of this week's edition, YUSU officers attempted to remove all copies from campus. However, some copies were picked up by students before the ban was implemented.
Burnham told The Yorker: “We will be distributing an edited version in a couple of days... hopefully in time for the weekend.” He went on to say that, “we are always proud of our writers and it is fundamental that their work is appreciated".
The majority of the paper will remain the same. Certain parts will however have to be edited or cut out entirely so as to comply with the media charter.
Although YUSU checks all news, comment and sports articles before Vision is published, other sections are not reviewed for libel or student welfare breaches.
Burnham stressed that Vision is “well aware that we made a mistake and we will be issuing an apology soon". Whether any disciplinary actions will be taken is as yet undecided.
YUSU declined to comment on the situation. Legal advice is believed to be have been sought with regards to at least one of the articles in one of the unchecked sections.
The issue of printing costs and the impact on Vision's funds have not yet been discussed.
What a joke YUSU is - they can't even censor a newspaper properly. running around campus cleaning up after their latest mess. classic. i demand to see photos.
I feel sorry for vision too. I hope YUSU are paying for the extra printing costs.
"I hope YUSU are paying for the extra printing costs"
Umm... aside from a small amount of advertising revenue, don't YUSU pay for all the printing costs anyway?!
The one benefit of being under the control of YUSU is the hand outs i guess.
> Umm... aside from a small amount of advertising revenue, don't YUSU pay for all the printing costs anyway?!
No, Vision get a grant, just like any other society, and that grant is a fixed amount. That grant isn't enough to cover all the printing costs (iirc Vision have to raise the printing costs for the summer term all by themselves).
#5, no, it's not. If you read it again carefully, #2 said that YUSU pay for all the printing cost. I said they don't.
'Burnham stressed that Vision is “well aware that we made a mistake and we will be issuing an apology soon"'.
OP - how exactly is that YUSU's mess?
Are you suggesting that the Media Charter be amended so that every section of both newspapers has to be forwarded for checking?
Mightn't it be a better idea for newspaper editors to familiarise themselves with libel law?
Each paper prints nine issues per year (three per term). YUSU only provides funding for six issues, with the remainder financed by the papers themselves: generally through a combination of membership fees, the odd scrap of prize money and, rather hilariously in the current market, advertising.
#7, the current system basically involves crossing its fingers and hoping that the Socs and Comms Officer acts infallibly. Now a new system, where newspaper editors are categorically told what's allowed and what isn't, with training...there's an idea!
I hope YUSU are paying for the extra printing costs."
Um...Why on earth should they get more money? If the juggling society spent £2000 on cleavers for a 'throw a knife at your favourite lecturer event' and were then told that it was unsafe and they couldn't do it, you wouldn't really expect £2000 to be taken out of the YUSU condom fund to 'replace' the money they wasted would you?
Surely that's why societies have budgets, treasurers etc - to control cash flow and make sensible decisions. Where do you suggest the money should be taken from? Another societies budget? The Welfare Budget? Perhaps the AU?
If Vision acknowledge that it's their fault, they should pay for it - however unfortunately.
To be honest, I don't see any reason that YUSU couldn't glance through the other articles - I mean, features and comments, etc. can be written further in advance anyway since they're not last-minute-news-items, right?
Why on earth should YUSU pay for a re-print? YUSU already give an astronomical amount of money to media societies (not just Vision and Nouse). One of the discussions at the much maligned societies budget meeting last June, was whether it was right to continue down a path towards a YUSU, which was able to do little more than act as a publishing house.
Whilst I don't agree with The Yorker's decision to act outside of the media charter, as it provides the sort of protection you can see here. ie. NUS/YUSU lawyers to help out when issues arise. Their decision to not to ratify as a society at least puts The Yorker on a commercial footing, meaning that ordinary students don't pick up the bill for the right of others to see their opinions in print.
Its out now.
There are pages missing and articles that are cut out by scissors
which articles are being removed?
I HAVE AN UNEDITED COPY...YES!
I do not know outright which article was cut though having read it.
i'd say the centre pages...
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I have both an edited and unedited copy of Vision, and although one of the differences is obvious for why it's removed, the other isn't? I'm confused...
#1 you're pathetic. YUSU Officers were cleaning up after vision's mess to protect the union from a legal battle, or for a students welfare, or both clearly. Given the amount of abuse the officers get every single week in these papers do you really think they are closely 'controlled' by YUSU officers, who can only pull articles on legal or student welfare grounds, not for their own propaganda or well being- clearly. I'm sure they have much better things to be doing with their time than baby-sitting for these inept societies. Give them a break and maybe we should start supporting them since they are continually putting their necks on the line and adding more and more hours onto their already ridiculously overworked weeks and still getting this kind of response from idiots like you. I agree with number 9
#18 - if they have better things to do than 'baby-sit inept societies' why do they insist that any organisation on campus can only officially operate if it is run through the union AND if they have better things to do why do they read each issue BEFORE it is published as stated in the Media Charter they blackmailed the papers into signing?
"we should start supporting them since they are continually putting their necks on the line and adding more and more hours onto their already ridiculously overworked weeks "
risking a huge amount of their budget on a bar that we don't need in a useless space for the satisfaction for someone's ego and annoying every sports president on campus by enforcing ridiculous attempts at uniformity... yup sounds like they are really putting their necks on the line... for no reason. stop complaining #18, if they want less work they should stop running into brick walls. that's what i think.
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